The 2022 Pop Radio Year-End Rankdown (DONE)

[†ealsünset]

Excellent #1 and it wasn't even close. Thanks for hosting woods!

[daniel1784]

thanks a lot for hosting woods!! this was fun

[woods]

Thanks everyone who submitted or watched and congrats to Kate on her win! Glad I finished this after a whole year of procrastinating. Stay tuned (sometime) for the 2023 edition!


Final Stats:

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{Placements, Points, Average, St. Dev.}

#	Title	Pts.	Avg.	S.D.
1	Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)	463	13.23	19.84
2	BREAK MY SOUL	691	19.74	21.56
3	Happier Than Ever	697	19.91	27.96
4	Bad Habit	734	20.97	26.04
5	About Damn Time	760	21.71	21.42
6	Sacrifice	796	22.74	23.71
7	THATS WHAT I WANT	796	22.74	13.55
8	Message in a Bottle	808	23.09	18.77
9	As It Was	847	24.20	15.49
10	Out of Time	858	24.51	25.94
11	she's all i wanna be	911	26.03	20.07
12	Moth to a Flame	952	27.20	26.23
13	Smokin Out the Window	992	28.34	26.18
14	2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)	1025	29.29	19.77
15	Maybe You're the Problem	1041	29.74	19.06
16	Better Days	1041	29.74	19.77
17	Meet Me at Our Spot	1059	30.26	25.53
18	So Good	1206	34.46	23.54
19	Numb Little Bug	1233	35.23	25.13
20	Glimpse of Us	1236	35.31	27.70
21	Need to Know	1266	36.17	26.95
22	Until I Found You	1293	36.94	26.36
23	Vegas	1293	36.94	22.25
24	Easy on Me	1303	37.23	24.00
25	STAR WALKIN'	1319	37.69	20.32
26	When You're Gone	1349	38.54	23.39
27	Escape	1353	38.66	26.45
28	Ghost	1370	39.14	20.86
29	Late Night Talking	1385	39.57	17.71
30	Woman	1396	39.89	25.09
31	edamame	1421	40.60	36.45
32	Closer	1427	40.77	22.93
33	Sweetest Pie	1438	41.09	22.73
34	Get Into It (Yuh)	1469	41.97	23.89
35	Have Mercy	1485	42.43	29.99
36	For Tonight	1511	43.17	22.96
37	Don't Forget My Love	1530	43.71	20.89
38	Bam Bam	1573	44.94	25.72
39	Potion	1592	45.49	20.00
40	When I'm Gone	1601	45.74	20.12
41	The Motto	1609	45.97	20.35
42	Betty (Get Money)	1625	46.43	28.46
43	STAY	1626	46.46	23.50
44	WAIT FOR U	1647	47.06	26.14
45	Cold Heart	1653	47.23	26.76
46	Oh My God	1694	48.40	24.07
47	MAMIII	1702	48.63	23.38
48	Boyfriend	1709	48.83	26.06
49	Big Energy	1713	48.94	26.92
50	Chosen	1741	49.74	25.58
51	We Don't Talk About Bruno	1743	49.80	25.17
52	Love It When You Hate Me	1760	50.29	21.48
53	All 4 Nothing (I'm So in Love)	1831	52.31	23.75
54	Light Switch	1836	52.46	21.41
55	Shivers	1863	53.23	26.11
56	I Love You So	1877	53.63	26.66
57	Hold My Hand	1891	54.03	21.77
58	Heat Waves	1908	54.51	28.13
59	Freaky Deaky	1928	55.09	18.85
60	Massive	1928	55.09	26.65
61	Super Freaky Girl	1960	56.00	21.71
62	Dress	1973	56.37	22.24
63	First Class	1976	56.46	26.63
64	One Right Now	1985	56.71	27.27
65	love nwantiti (ah ah ah)	2035	58.14	22.87
66	Hold Me Closer	2038	58.23	26.05
67	Unstoppable	2067	59.06	27.54
68	COMPLETE MESS	2094	59.83	19.50
69	Where Are You Now	2100	60.00	22.83
70	Sunroof	2104	60.11	27.62
71	10 Things I Hate About You	2139	61.11	26.19
72	Thousand Miles	2165	61.86	21.81
73	2step	2174	62.11	15.75
74	Left and Right	2174	62.11	27.26
75	Love Me More	2224	63.54	17.83
76	I Like You (A Happier Song)	2229	63.69	25.04
77	Peru	2238	63.94	20.76
78	Numb	2258	64.51	21.53
79	I Ain't Worried	2262	64.63	23.21
80	Enemy	2318	66.23	25.76
81	Music for a Sushi Restaurant	2329	66.54	20.22
82	Do It to It	2334	66.69	17.84
83	Flowers	2349	67.11	23.05
84	Fingers Crossed	2421	69.17	25.25
85	Bad Decisions	2427	69.34	16.35
86	Bones	2432	69.49	24.29
87	Can't Stop Us Now	2492	71.20	19.45
88	Grand	2494	71.26	20.82
89	abcdefu	2504	71.54	29.27
90	Victoria's Secret	2514	71.83	26.04
91	TO THE MOON	2526	72.17	24.97
92	GHOST TOWN	2571	73.46	26.13
93	I Feel Good	2629	75.11	16.23
94	DON'T YOU WORRY	2641	75.46	24.23
95	Wasted on You	2685	76.71	23.07
96	High	2819	80.54	18.00
97	World's Smallest Violin	2821	80.60	19.91
98	I AM WOMAN	3048	87.09	17.32
99	STAYING ALIVE	3061	87.46	10.27
100	Life Goes On	3336	95.31	6.28

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{Standard Deviation}

#	Title	S.D.
1	edamame	36.45
2	Have Mercy	29.99
3	abcdefu	29.27
4	Betty (Get Money)	28.46
5	Heat Waves	28.13
6	Happier Than Ever	27.96
7	Glimpse of Us	27.70
8	Sunroof	27.62
9	Unstoppable	27.54
10	One Right Now	27.27
11	Left and Right	27.26
12	Need to Know	26.95
13	Big Energy	26.92
14	Cold Heart	26.76
15	I Love You So	26.66
16	Massive	26.65
17	First Class	26.63
18	Escape	26.45
19	Until I Found You	26.36
20	Moth to a Flame	26.23
21	10 Things I Hate About You	26.19
22	Smokin Out the Window	26.18
23	WAIT FOR U	26.14
24	GHOST TOWN	26.13
25	Shivers	26.11
26	Boyfriend	26.06
27	Hold Me Closer	26.05
28	Bad Habit	26.04
29	Victoria's Secret	26.04
30	Out of Time	25.94
31	Enemy	25.76
32	Bam Bam	25.72
33	Chosen	25.58
34	Meet Me at Our Spot	25.53
35	Fingers Crossed	25.25
36	We Don't Talk About Bruno	25.17
37	Numb Little Bug	25.13
38	Woman	25.09
39	I Like You (A Happier Song)	25.04
40	TO THE MOON	24.97
41	Bones	24.29
42	DON'T YOU WORRY	24.23
43	Oh My God	24.07
44	Easy on Me	24.00
45	Get Into It (Yuh)	23.89
46	All 4 Nothing (I'm So in Love)	23.75
47	Sacrifice	23.71
48	So Good	23.54
49	STAY	23.50
50	When You're Gone	23.39
51	MAMIII	23.38
52	I Ain't Worried	23.21
53	Wasted on You	23.07
54	Flowers	23.05
55	For Tonight	22.96
56	Closer	22.93
57	love nwantiti (ah ah ah)	22.87
58	Where Are You Now	22.83
59	Sweetest Pie	22.73
60	Vegas	22.25
61	Dress	22.24
62	Thousand Miles	21.81
63	Hold My Hand	21.77
64	Super Freaky Girl	21.71
65	BREAK MY SOUL	21.56
66	Numb	21.53
67	Love It When You Hate Me	21.48
68	About Damn Time	21.42
69	Light Switch	21.41
70	Don't Forget My Love	20.89
71	Ghost	20.86
72	Grand	20.82
73	Peru	20.76
74	The Motto	20.35
75	STAR WALKIN'	20.32
76	Music for a Sushi Restaurant	20.22
77	When I'm Gone	20.12
78	she's all i wanna be	20.07
79	Potion	20.00
80	World's Smallest Violin	19.91
81	Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)	19.84
82	2 Be Loved (Am I Ready)	19.77
83	Better Days	19.77
84	COMPLETE MESS	19.50
85	Can't Stop Us Now	19.45
86	Maybe You're the Problem	19.06
87	Freaky Deaky	18.85
88	Message in a Bottle	18.77
89	High	18.00
90	Do It to It	17.84
91	Love Me More	17.83
92	Late Night Talking	17.71
93	I AM WOMAN	17.32
94	Bad Decisions	16.35
95	I Feel Good	16.23
96	2step	15.75
97	As It Was	15.49
98	THATS WHAT I WANT	13.55
99	STAYING ALIVE	10.27
100	Life Goes On	6.28

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{Rankdown Closeness}

#	Tag Name	RD Closeness
1	reputainbow	10.62
2	singingrulebritannia	11.22
3	emerald	11.74
4	samo🦕	12.14
5	Mayman	12.40
6	BB🌕	12.46
7	walt91	12.60
8	joshtheking	13.10
9	kanubow	13.48
10	Gonza'90	13.52
11	willapted33	13.56
12	wrip	14.52
13	Anthony !!!!!!	15.66
14	wheatsquares33	15.72
15	khan	16.70
16	jasper0102	17.76
17	GrinningLikeADevil	17.88
18	Fire	19.64
19	Leo ✔	20.28
20	Az Paynter	20.50
21	Lukas	21.46
22	PREDS PRIDE	21.60
23	daniel1784	21.92
24	jtd Thee Stallion	22.52
25	312999	22.98
26	ItsAStormOutside	24.36
27	woods	24.84
28	SabrinaFan	25.82
29	†ealsünset	26.94
30	Year-End	26.98
31	.indulgecountry	27.14
32	beyoncelover	27.18
33	ilikemilk	27.48
34	M5AGTS	27.92
35	TheOutcast	28.12
36	🌺CountryLineDancer	32.16

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{Year-End Closeness}

#	Tag Name	YE Closeness
1	TheOutcast	33.02
2	walt91	32.28
3	jasper0102	32.10
4	willapted33	31.92
5	jtd Thee Stallion	31.60
6	khan	31.38
7	kanubow	31.14
8	wrip	31.06
9	reputainbow	30.96
10	Leo ✔	30.88
11	daniel1784	30.78
12	wheatsquares33	30.72
13	Gonza'90	30.56
14	🌺CountryLineDancer	30.20
15	BB🌕	30.18
16	emerald	30.14
17	Anthony !!!!!!	30.12
17	ilikemilk	30.12
19	.indulgecountry	29.66
20	PREDS PRIDE	29.60
21	singingrulebritannia	29.54
22	samo🦕	29.02
23	Mayman	28.36
24	312999	27.86
25	woods	27.82
26	joshtheking	27.72
27	Az Paynter	27.68
28	Lukas	27.56
29	Rankdown	26.98
30	†ealsünset	26.52
31	GrinningLikeADevil	26.42
32	Fire	25.94
33	ItsAStormOutside	25.32
34	SabrinaFan	24.90
35	M5AGTS	24.70
36	beyoncelover	15.28

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{Perfect Rankings}

#	Tag Name	PRs	Missed by One
1	Mayman	8	9
2	reputainbow	6	8
2	Gonza'90	6	6
2	willapted33	6	3
5	joshtheking	5	9
5	emerald	5	5
5	M5AGTS	5	5
5	walt91	5	5
5	samo🦕	5	4
5	jtd Thee Stallion	5	2
11	BB🌕	4	11
11	singingrulebritannia	4	7
11	Az Paynter	4	4
11	wrip	4	2
11	jasper0102	4	1
16	Anthony !!!!!!	3	5
16	GrinningLikeADevil	3	5
16	daniel1784	3	3
16	wheatsquares33	3	2
20	312999	2	5
20	khan	2	5
20	kanubow	2	4
20	ilikemilk	2	2
24	Year-End	1	8
24	woods	1	6
24	🌺CountryLineDancer	1	5
24	Leo ✔	1	4
24	ItsAStormOutside	1	3
24	PREDS PRIDE	1	2
24	beyoncelover	1	2
24	Fire	1	2
24	†ealsünset	1	2
24	Lukas	1	1
24	SabrinaFan	1	0
35	TheOutcast	0	5
35	.indulgecountry	0	3

[SabrinaFan]

Great winner! Thanks for hosting woods, I had a lot of fun!

[𝓲𝓽'𝓼.𝓰𝓿]

Cool that "Running Up That Hill" won! Would've definitely chose that as my #1 if I participated (it is my only choice alongside "Sacrifice", which I'm glad that it is the higher Weeknd song)

[ItsAStormOutside]

Great winner! Looking forward to 2023!

[beyoncelover]

10. Out of Time - The Weeknd: This is a good way to start off the Top 10, as this is my second lowest ranking song that I put at #63. I like this and it's a cool song but it's also far from one of my favorites from The Weeknd. I forgot all about this song by now, sadly.

9. As It Was - Harry Styles: I'm kinda surprised this song has the 4th lowest SD as I thought it would have been on the higher end. This is a really fun and catcy song from Harry and I do really like/love this enough to give it a #18 ranking. Sadly I did get burned out from this due to its overplay. Also bummed to see this show up over some other songs. Whoa no rankings below #56 for this song is very impressive! No Top 5 ranks for this is also surprising.

8. Message in a Bottle - Taylor Swift: LMAOOO oh dangg, not me with the very low #83 ranking and being the only one to place this in their..... Bottom 45 songs? omggg. Ah I do feel bad about my low ranking but also got no regrets with my ranking. This is a nice song but again, it's far from one of my favorites from Taylor and I was never really crazy about it. With this reveal, I finally clear out my Bottom 50 so yay for that.

7. THATS WHAT I WANT - Lil Nas X: This song having the 3rd lowest SD is also surprising to me as I thought this would have been more polarizing. Sad to see this show up as this is my #9. I do really love this song. I think it's such a fun, catchy and entertaining song from Lil Nas X. No Bottom 40 ranks for this song is also very impressive. It's also really cool seeing this as Lil Nas X's highest ranked song on the pop rankdown.

6, Sacrifice - The Weeknd: Of the Top 6 songs, this is my lowest remaining I have as this was my #48. So yeah I am more than good and happy with this song showing up. Again, this isn't one of my very favorites from The Weeknd but I still really like it. It's cool and fun. It's interesting how the two rankers with "country" in their names are the lowest rankers for this song.

5. About Damn Time - Lizzo: Ughh I am so not here for 312999 mentioning and jinxing this song right before it shows up, ugh. :'( This is my #1 so I do absolutely love and stan this song so much. This song is so infectious and joyous. It makes me happy whenever I hear this and I can never get tired of this. Great, fun, catchy, feel good song. Glad this made it to the Top 5 even though I would have loved seeing this make it even higher. Very happy to see lots of Top 10 rankings for this one - especially lots of #6s and #9s here.

4. Bad Habit - Steve Lacy: Ooh this is my #14 and I do really love this song. A part of me wonders if I ranked this too ~low, as I feel I should have ranked this higher. This is a really cool, smooth and great song from Steve Lacy. It's one of those songs that were always stuck in my head for weeks while it was really popular, lol. Also well done to Steve Lacy on being the highest ranked male artist of this game. Again, it's interesting and funny seeing the two rankers with "country" in their names are the lowest rankers for this song too. I am shocked by that #99.

3. Happier Than Ever - Billie Eilish: Oooh wow, I did not expect this song to make it all the way to #3, but that is amazing and truly impressive! This is a great song from Billie, objectively. Although I don't really love it that much hence my #43 rank. But I do really like this. The start of it is slow and pretty but also kinda bores me. I do like it more where she rocks it out on the latter portion of the song. OMG I was wondering where that #100 would be at - shocked. But glad it's for this song and not one of the songs in the Top 2, lol. 4 #1s for this is very impressive too.


2. BREAK MY SOUL - Beyoncé: Dangg, seeing that this song made it to the Top 2, I was rooting SO hard for this song to win. I knew it wouldn't... and it was probably quite a distant #2... but at least it was in the running? I do love this song and think this is a great comeback single from the Queen! I do love this song enough to give it a #6. Now I wish I could have ranked it higher but that probably wouldn't have made any difference with how this ranked lol. But still, so glad to see this make it this high. Yay for no ranks in the Bottom 25!


1. Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God) - Kate Bush: Lmaoo dangg at all of those #1s - 15 of them! Yeah I knew this would be the runaway winner of this game so this is hardly surprising, haha. I definitely don't love this like most of the people on this forum do. But I do still really like this enough to give it a #27 ranking. It's a cool and haunting song. Kate sounds great and the song sounds good in the 2020s as I'm sure it did in the 80s.


Thank you for hosting this game, woods! You've done a wonderful job with this game. This was a lot of fun to be apart of!

[singingrulebritannia]

Apr 7, 2024 19:24:45 GMT -5 woods said:

Year-End Closeness

#	Tag Name	YE Closeness
36	beyoncelover	15.28

Jesus Christ. The last time I saw a year-end closeness rating this small was in 2004 Alternative, when alpacapillar literally just took the year-end chart and submitted after moving just a handful of songs.

[jasper0102]

10. If False Alarm didnt exist this would easily be my favorite Weeknd song. This is the dude’s pop at it’s peak.
9. Yay my lowest rank here is gone. Not bad or anything but it’s so far below every other song in this top 10 it’s kinda funny.
8. Grew on me a lot with this rankdown. I love the fact this isn’t even among her top 10 best pop songs.
7. Montero single era was literal peak (though i wouldn’t call this better than Industry Baby)
6. Dawn FM really fucking deserved better. JUSTICE FOR LESS THAN ZERO.
5. Y’know what aside, this is still really damn great (pun intended)
4. Again, this style of hits peaked this year and you arent telling me otherwise.
3. Man does this hit, and that transition rules.
2. Really good, overstayed a lot, Cuff It wipes.
1. I still dont like this as much as most of y’all seem too but that doesn’t mean i dont get it or that this still isnt great.
Thanks woods for hosting! This was a fun trip down memory lane with a bunch of great discoveries (seriously justice for Bbno$!)

[Fire]

nice results, thanks for hosting woods!!